- 1. n. A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. Source: opted
- 2. n. a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana Source: wordnet
- 3. A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. Note: The genus Poinciana is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. Source: webster
- 4. A prickly tropical shrub (Cæsalpinia, formerly Poinciana,pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-redflowers with long crimson filaments. Source: adambom
- 5. n small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications n a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana Source: ecdict
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